This lecture reviews "comparison and contrast" as a rhetorical mode by indentifying it in reading selections. The lecture is offered here in three different formats: video without captions, video with captions, and a text transcript.
This lecture reviews "cause and effect" analysis as a rhetorical mode by indentifying it in reading selections. The lecture is offered here in three different formats: video without captions, video with captions, and a text transcript.
This lecture will discuss common grammar errors and stylistic weaknesses in college students' writing--including problems like run-ons, misplaced and dangling modifiers, and illogical tense shifts--and will suggest ways to revise confusing sentences and paragraphs. The lecture is offered here in three different formats: video without captions, video with captions, and a full transcript.
This lecture defines and distinguishes between abstract and concrete language, explaining how to use both effectively in composition.
This video explains how facts and short examples can be used to illustrate a point in composition.
This lecture presents Process Analysis as a rhetorical mode for composition. The lecture is offered here in three different formats: video without captions, video with captions, and a text transcript.
It’s fake! It’s amazing! It isn’t real! That’s right: you choose the topic; you create the quotations and the sources. You make up the names of the authors and the names of their books. The content of this paper is a creative writing assignment.
What isn’t creative is the form you use. The paper will get you ready for the form and process of your first research paper by allowing you to practice and/or review APA format and structure. You’ll practice formatting the paper following APA guidelines, using parenthetical citations, providing an alphabetized reference page, and integrating quotes correctly.
This text is meant to be used in any first year College Composition class or as a general guide to college writing. The book focuses on writing as a process, not a product. The goal is to help students discover their own writing process, trying out different methods and strategies to find what works best for them.